Abstract
The use of 2-kHz 64 × 64 very-large-scale integrated circuit/ferroelectric-liquid-crystal electrically addressed spatial light modulators as the input and filter planes of a VanderLugt-type optical correlator is discussed. Liquid-crystal layer thickness variations that are present in the devices are analyzed, and the effects on correlator performance are investigated through computer simulations. Experimental results from the very-large-scale-integrated/ferroelectric-liquid-crystal optical-correlator system are presented and are consistent with the level of performance predicted by the simulations.
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